Improvement in cooking-stoves



0. E; CLARK.

Cooking Stove.

No. 88,011. Patented March 23,1869.

ve ez a, game ORSON E. CLARK, OF WATERFORD, MIC HIGAN.

A Letters Patent No. 88,011, dated Ma/rch 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN COOKING-STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. 4.b-o

To whom {it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Onson. E. CLARK, of Waterford, in the county of Oakland, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking and Heating-Stove and Circulating WatenHeater and Boiler; and I dov declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same on the line X X in fig. 1.

' Figure 3 is a plan of my oven, to be inserted in place of the reservoir. 1

Figure 4 is a view of my boiler.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The object of this invention is to so construct an apparatus that it can be used as an ordinary cook-stove, a heating-stove, or a steam-generator for culinary and washing-purposes, all combined in one, and provided with portable attachments, that will enable it to perform the various duties above mentioned.

It consists of the base, A, surmounted upon suitable legs, B.

Above the base is placed the fire-box 0, provided with suitable door, D, and grate, E.

This fire-box is open at the top, and is surmounted by the chamber F, which is provided with a suitable door, G, perforated or grated bottom, H, boiling places, 1, opening, J,'for

egress of smoke, and openings, K, through which pass the water and steam'-pipes'L,which lead from the water-tank M, which is made sufi'iciently smaller than the chamber F to allow ota free passage of heated air and smoke from the fire-box to the smokepipe J.

The necessary draught for the fire is obtained through the openings N, situated below the door in the firebox.

Hinged to opposite sides of the chamber F, there may be additional fire-boxes, 0, provided with openings, P, for the purposes of draught,- and other openings, Q, which correspond to similar openings, S, in the chamber F, through which smoke escapes to the pipe J.

These fire-boxes may be attachedto the chamber by any suitable devices, so that they maybe removed, when desired, and may be provided with suitable boiling-places, R.

The water-tank M may be withdrawn through the door, as thev pipes L, leading from said tank, are provided with flange-joints, T, so that they may be readily disconnected.

The oven U may be inserted in placeof the Withdrawn water-tank, when baking may be done in the usual manner. 7

This oven should be of about the same shape and size as the water-tank, and should be provided with steam.

This box X may be made double-walled, or single.-

If double, the steam from the water-tank passes through the upper pipe L and condenser W, into the space between the walls, and afiords the required heat to do the baking of the articles within the box. If the box is single-walled, the steam is let directly into thebox;

and I have demonstrated, by actual test, that baking can as readily be done by open steam as by any other process.

The steam, on being condensed, returns to the tank M, through the lower pipe L, the whole simply acting as a circulating water-heater.

The box X may be disconnected, and set aside, and

the wash-tub, or boiler Y, may be attached to the steam and water-pipes L by means of the flanged connections. This tub is provided with a perforated, or slotted false bottom, Z, upon which the clothes to be cleansed should be placed.

.The upper pipe L conveys the steam from the tank into the funnel-shaped tube 2, to the end of which is attached the vertical tube 3, which is surmounted by the cap 4, against which the column of steam and hot water strikes, and from which it is thrown down violently Tupon the clothes, and, passing down through I the garments, is conducted back to the tank through the lower pipe L.

By this means a constant current of hot water and steam is forced through the clothes, effectually cleansing them from all impurities.

' The lower pipe L is connected to the tub below the false bottom.

That I claim as my invention, and desire-to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The stove, with base A, legs B, fire-box O, chamber F, and auxiliary fire-boxes 0, when constructed, ar-

ranged, and operating substantially as herein described,

in connection with the water-tank M and its connect-- ing-pipes L.

2. The rectangular box, or oven X", in connection with said stove and watcr-tank, when arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

I ORSON E. CLARK.

Witnesses:

- L. G. HYDE,

CHAS. A. W. RICE. 

